Chicago composer Florence Price roars back to life with new opera, premiering in a hurting Minnesota

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Original Load Date Feb. 5, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
Last Updated Feb. 5, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/culture-the-arts/classical/2026/02/05/florence-price-chicago-composer-minnesota-opera-arts-immigration-black-history-month

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Chicago proudly claims [ _Florence Price_ ][1] as one of its own. After all, it was here that she became the first Black female composer to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra. But this week, [ _a new opera_ ][2] about Price’s origin story premiered in the Twin Cities in Minnesota, which...